HIGH-PERFORMANCE SINGLE-MODE FIBEROPTIC SWITCH

被引:8
作者
FANG, SP
TAYLOR, HF
机构
[1] Department of Electrical Engineering, Texas A and M University, College Station, TX
关键词
Insertion loss - Mach-Zehnder switch;
D O I
10.1364/OL.19.001204
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
A piezoelectrically actuated four-port Mach-Zehnder switch with 30-mus switching time and 0.25-dB insertion loss is demonstrated at a wavelength of 1.3 mum. The worst-case cross talk is below -21 dB for an arbitrary input polarization. The process of fabricating the switch from commercial fiber couplers with length matching of the interferometer arms is described.
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页码:1204 / 1206
页数:3
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